Work-supporting rack for sewing-machines



. J. GUTSTEIN.

WORK SUPPORTING RACK FOR SEWING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11. I920.

1 35 1 244, Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

anwnto z @5679]! i v a JOSEPH GTU'ISTEIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR IO HART, SCHAFFNER & MARX,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPOFtATION OF NEW YORK.

WORK-SUPPORTING RACK FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

Application filed March 11, 1920. Serial 110.36%,902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn GUrsTEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Work-Supporting Racks for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved clothes supporting rack for sewing ma chines.

in garment making establishments in which a large number of sewing machines are used it is the practice to employ attendants who pass through the aisles between the rows of such machines and deliver the work to the operators, and also carry away the finished work. In many of such establishments it is the habit of the attendants and operators to deposit the work on the floor where it gathers dust and is often trampled under foot, thus impairing its condition and necessitating its brushing or cleaning. It also occurs that the Work thus deposited on the floor is left there over night, thus subjecting same to the gathering of dust and dirt in the sweeping or scrubbing of the floors at the close of the day.

The object of my invention is the construction of a device which can be readily attached to a sewing machine and one on which the work to be done, as well as the finished work, can be deposited, and a device which can be quickly and easily raised to a height which will cause the work deposited thereon to clear the floor, thus enabling those cleaning the floors at the end of the working day to sweep or scrub thereunder and prevent the brooms or other cleaning implement from coming in contact therewith.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a device of this character which while comparatively simple in construction and inexpensive in cost of manufacture will effectively perform the functions for which it is designed.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing in which there is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved clothes rack attached to the corner of a sewing machine table; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the rack, and Fig. 3 a transverse section on line 3, 3,. of Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrow. 7

Like designating numerals denote similar like parts wherever the same occur.

4 designates the corner of a sewing machine table and 5 a leg thereof to which is removably attached a standard 6 by attaching means comprising anut carrying bolt 7 passing through ears 8 on said standard. To the side edges of the standard are secured metal plates 9 of a width in excess of the thickness of the standard 6 and having their forward edges turned inwardly to form flanges 10 spaced from the outer face of the standard 6. Seated within the space formed by the flanges 10 and in contact with the inner face of the standard 6 and vertically adjustable with relation thereto is a member 11 carrying at its upper end a right angle member preferably formed of bars 12, 12 connected together by strips 13, 13. The bars 12, 12 are equipped on their faces with strips of rubber 1 1, 1&1 to cause frictional contact with the clothing laid thereover, thereby to avoid the accidental displacement of such clothing when laid on the same. At the outer end of the bars 12, 12 there is provided a heading 1i to form a side or edge guard for the clothing and prevent its displacement. Suitable brace members 13 extend at an angle from the outer ends of the bars 12, 12 to the face of the member 11 to secure said parts together.

In order to secure the adjustment of the movable member 11 at various heights relative to the fixed member 6 I provide the member 6 with recesses 15, 15 preferably covered by a correspondingly perforated plate 16, through which properly alined projects the head of a spring-pressed bolt 17 carried by the movable member 11 and equipped with a spring 18 and a handle 19.

It will be seen that when the bolt 17 is turned it will be thrown out readily by the action of the spring 18, thus permitting the movable member to be adjusted at various heights, the bolt being pushed in for securing the said member in any desired adjusted position.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of the construction herein shown, and I do not intend to limit myself Iii-5 ing 7 claim, in which it is my intention to claim all the novelty inherent in the device as broadly as is permitted by the state-of the art.

Having thus described my invention whatl I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: g

In a clothes supporting rack for sewing machines, a standard provided with recesses at different heights therein, means carried by said standard for removably attaching the same to a'sewing machine table,flange members secured to the sides of said standard and having their forward edges turned inwardly and spaced from the face thereof,

a vertically adjustable member slidably seated Within said flanges, a spring-equipped bolt carried by said last referred to member adapted to take into the recesses in said standard whereby to hold the said adjustable member at any predetermined height,

clothes supporting bars carried bysaid ad In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses; r

I JOSEPH eU-rsr-Em.

Witnesses:

C. H. WILLIAMS,

H. Tmmnermsr. 

